The other afternoon, a gentleman on Bedcar Sands picked up a bottle floating on the breakers, and on opening it found that it contained a piece of paper written on both sides. The following is a copy of the document : — " Lost all hands on board in the German Ocean. "Whoever finds this, forward it to Mrs Shepard, No. 4, Erederick-row, Walworth, London. No hopes. The ship in sinking in a storm. Can write no more. My heart is broken." The screw steamer City of Paris has performed one of the most rapid passages on record between New York and Liverpool. She left New York on the afternoon of the 23rd June, and arrived off the Irish coast (Fasnet Eock) in eight days. The following distances run are remarkable for their regularity and extent :— June 24th, 290 miles ; 25th, 302 miles ; 26th, 334 miles ; 27th, 322 miles j 28th, 328 miles; 29th, 327 miles; 30tb, 324 miles ; July 1, 344 miles,
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Southland Times, Issue 566, 21 September 1866, Page 2
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160Untitled Southland Times, Issue 566, 21 September 1866, Page 2
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